N!xau
Nǃxau ǂToma(short: Nǃxau, alternative spelling Gcao Tekene Çoma; 16 December 1944 – 1 July 2003) was a Namibian bush farmer and actor who was made famous by his roles in the 1980 movie The Gods Must Be Crazy and its sequels, in which he played the Kalahari Bushman Xixo. The Namibian called him "Namibia's most famous actor". On 5 July 2003, he died from multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis while he was out on an excursion for hunting guinea fowl. According to official estimates he was about 58 or 59 years old at the time. He was buried on 12 July in a semi-traditional ceremony at Tsumkwe, next to the grave of his second wife. He had six surviving children.
The Gods Must Be Crazy
as XiA Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of...
Movie pageThe Gods Must Be Crazy II
as XixoXixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers'...
Movie pageCrazy Safari
as N!xau The BushmanTwo guys, one of them a magician, are transporting an ancient chinese vampire who can only be...
Movie pageThe Gods Must Be Funny in China
as N!xauHijinks ensue when N!xau the Bushman travels to Beijing, where he's recruited to accompany a...
Movie pageCrazy Hong Kong
as N!xauIn the early 1990s, Nǃxau was cast in three low-budget unofficial sequels that continued the...
Movie pageIn Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid
as SelfA documentary overview and ideological critique of the South African film industry and cinema's...
Movie pageJourney to Nyae Nyae
as Self (as G/qa'o /'Hana)N!xau (G/qa'o), the star of The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980), is visited in 1990 and shortly before...
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